Panagiotis Kone paid the price of his red card in Greece’s friendly against Slovenia after being dropped from the 2004 champions squad, while Monaco’s Alexandros Tziolis was deemed surplus to requirements.

Kasper Schmeichel was the benefactor of another’s misfortune as the Leicester goalkeeper was called up to the Denmark squad after Thomas Sorensen picked up a back injury in the friendly defeat against Brazil over the weekend.

Schmeichel, son of Manchester United great Peter, is uncapped and fills the third shotstopper slot behind Stephan Andersen and Anders Lindegaard.

Brazilian born forward Cacau has been left out of Germany’s Euro 2012 squad, with manager Joachim Loew opting to take only three strikers to Poland and Ukraine.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Sven Bender and Julian Draxler all miss out while Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker, who hasn’t played since February because of ankle ligament damage, is included, although he featured in Germany’s 5-2 defeat against Switzerland on Saturday.

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